Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR051742

INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS - TIDEWATER BRANCH, Yorktown, VA: NPDES VAR051742 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS - TIDEWATER BRANCH, held by Insurance Auto Auctions Incorporated, holds NPDES permit VAR051742, which discharges to Northwest Branch Back River. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024.

INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS - TIDEWATER BRANCH, Yorktown, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAR051742, held by Insurance Auto Auctions Incorporated; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2019, term to June 30, 2024, by VA DEQ; discharges to Northwest Branch Back River; Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

February 20, 2026: Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter (State).

Virginia holds 1,282 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 14 were issued before VAR051742.

Coverages issued nearest VAR051742

July 1, 2019: BOWSER AND SONS SALVAGE YARD, Temperanceville, VAR051726, held by Bowser Roy D
July 1, 2019: NEW KENT COUNTY AIRPORT, Quinton, VAR051727, held by New Kent County
July 1, 2019: ORANGE COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL, Orange, VAR051734, held by Orange County
July 1, 2019: A & B USED AUTO PARTS, Bassett, VAR051736, held by Waller L Andrews Sr
July 1, 2019: MURRO CHEMICAL COMPANY OF VIRGINIA INCORPORATED, Portsmouth, VAR051741, held by Murro Chemical Company of Virginia Incorporated
July 1, 2019: WARM SPRINGS MILL, Warm Springs, VAR051749, held by American Hardwood Industries, LLC
July 1, 2019: HIATTS NEW & USED AUTO PARTS, Danville, VAR051756, held by Terri L Hiatt and Steven E Hiatt
July 1, 2019: OAKES AUTO PARTS INC, Danville, VAR051761, held by Oakes Auto Parts, Inc.
July 1, 2019: VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY, Portsmouth, VAR051764, held by Virginia Port Authority
July 1, 2019: CAMPBELL PARTS AND SALVAGE LLC, Montvale, VAR051765, held by Campbell Parts & Salvage, LLC

INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS - TIDEWATER BRANCH among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 24 discharge permits in the Northwest Branch Back River subwatershed (HUC 020801080102), VAR051742 among them.

Other permits in the Northwest Branch Back River subwatershed (HUC 020801080102)

ADVANCE MANUFACTURING FACILITY EROSION AND SEDIMEN, Hampton: VAR10N799, minor permit, discharging to Northwest Branch Back River, permit term to June 30, 2024
ADVEX CORPORATION, Hampton: VAR052277, minor permit, discharging to Northwest Branch Back River, permit term to June 30, 2024
COMMANDER SHEPARD PRIM, Hampton: VAR10V401, minor permit, discharging to Northwest Branch Back River, permit term to June 30, 2029
LANGLEY AIR FORCE TARGETING FACILITY, Hampton: VAR10P929, minor permit, discharging to Little Wicomico River, permit term to June 30, 2024
LEGACY OF POQUOSON PHASE 2 & 3, Poquoson: VAR10R012, minor permit, discharging to Northwest Branch Back River, permit term to June 30, 2024
LEGACY OF POQUOSON PHASE I, Poquoson: VAR10P266, minor permit, discharging to Northwest Branch Back River, permit term to June 30, 2024
NASA - LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER MS4, Hampton City: VAR040092, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2023
NASA LANGLEY - FLIGHT DYNAMICS /RESEARCH FACILITY, Hampton: VAR10Q866, minor permit, discharging to Northwest Branch Back River, permit term to June 30, 2024
NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER 1202 1202A & 1299 DEM, Hampton: VAR10T456, minor permit, discharging to Northwest Branch Back River, permit term to June 30, 2024
NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER DEMOLITION OF BUILDIN, Hampton: VAR10V213, minor permit, discharging to Northwest Branch Back River, permit term to June 30, 2029

Identity

Facility as filed	INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS - TIDEWATER BRANCH
Permittee as filed	Insurance Auto Auctions Incorporated
NPDES ID	VAR051742
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	July 1, 2019
Expiration date	June 30, 2024
Issuing agency	VA DEQ
Address	Yorktown, VA 23693
Receiving water	Northwest Branch Back River
Subwatershed	Northwest Branch Back River (HUC 020801080102)
NAICS	423110 – Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers
SIC	5012 – Automobiles And Other Motor Vehicles

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind
Solids, total suspended	2	9
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	6
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	6

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR051742.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAR051742.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAR051742.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 20, 2026	Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter	State

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAR051742, held by Insurance Auto Auctions Incorporated for its Tidewater Branch in Yorktown, VA, which discharges to Northwest Branch Back River. The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class 3, zero pollutants under a numeric limit, and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.